Suspender-end



(No Model.) B. I WILER,

SUSPENDER END.

No. 277,997. Patented May 22,1883.

' WITNESSES 0/44.

Aftorney H. PEIKRS mm-Lnho n mr. Wahlngton D c NITED STATES- HOMER B. DITWILER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

- SUSPENDER END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,997, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed March 15, 18l33. (N model.) 7

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HOMER B. DIIWILER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, hax einvented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender- Fmds, of which the following is a specification,

reference being had therein to the accompany:

ingdrawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in i that class of suspender-ends which are formed of a piece of webbing and a cord united by a metallic clasp, and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the clasp uniting the two parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show, respectively, a front and a back elevation of my suspender-end Fig. 3, a side a rectangular piece of metal, (with or without teeth or projecting prongs,) has been bent around both the webbing and the cord, forming a thick bunch or roll at both ends of the clasp, which is very objectionable, as it is not only thick and clumsy, but the sharpedges of the roll out or wear away the shirts or garments with which it comes in contact. Thisis so very objectionable that many gentlemen refuse to wear suspenders having such ends, although they are very much liked in other respects,

and there would be a much larger demand forthem than for any others but for this difficulty,

as the solid cord loops for the buttons are very durable, look neat, and are easily buttoned and unbuttoned.

To overcome the above-mentioned objection is the object of myinvention, and I accomplish it by the use of apeculiar-shaped clasp adapted to hold the webbingflat, so that the upper end of the clasp is not much thicker than the webbing, as is shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents the webbing,

B the cord, and O the clasp, which is made of a piece of metal of an irregular hexagonal shape, provided with triangular teeth or prongs at the sides 0 c, and similar prongs out out of the body of the metal, as shown at c and 0 It will be seen on examining Figs. 4 and 6 that the upper part of the blank from which the clasp is made has three plain sides, 8 s 8 which, when folded on the webbing, form the top of the clasp, and it has also a fourth plain side, 8 which, when folded, forms the bottom of the clasp.

In securing the cord to the webbing the latter is laid flat upon the inner face of the upper part of the clasp and the cord on the lower part of the clasp, with its ends touching the end of the webbing, and then the sides of the clasp c c are bent over the webbing and cord, the prongs or teeth passing into and binding the cord and webbing firmly and securely in the clasp. v

I I sometimes slightly ravel out the extreme ends of the cord and lay said raveled ends on the lower ends'of the webbing, which raveling will cause the cords to lay flat on the webbing without greatly increasing the thickness of the clasp.

The lower end of the clasp may be bent either as shown in Fig. 5 or in Fig. 7, at'the will of the manufacturer; or, as a further se curity, the extreme" lower 1. edge of the clasp may be flattened or turned in to increase the hold upon the cord; but this last is unnecessary so far as strength isconcerned, as the teeth 0 c, beingturned in on the cord, securely hold it-an effect which is aided by the teeth 0, which may be cut as shown either in Figs. 4 or 6, and bent as shown in Figs. 5or 7. By this means a perfectly secure joint is formed between the cord and the webbing, for the prongs c 0 passing through the webbing, securely hold it in the clasp, and the teeth 0 and c securelyhold the cord in it also.

I am aware that it is not new to unite webbing to a cord by a metallic clasp, and that it is also old to use a metallic clasp having its lower end formed into two hollow cylinders and its upper .eud terminating in a single cylinder, and therefore make no claim to any such construction, neither of which shows a ewes:

flattened upper end to the clasp, both being of In testimony whereofl affix my signature, in lo cylindrical form at the top. presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of What 1 claim as new is- March, 1883. The clasp for uniting Webbing to a loop of cord herein shown, consisting of a piece of HOMER B. DITWILER.

sheet metal having its top formed of the three sides of said piece, its bottom of one side, and Witnesses:

having teeth a c on two sides, substantially as REID CARPENTER, and for the purpose specified. G. F. CARPENTER. 

